Passage1在媒介文化高度发展的今天，年轻人接触外来文化的方式越来越多。
根据中国互联网信息中心（CNNIC）的统计,截止到2004年6月30日，中国上网用户总数达到8700万人，其中多数是年轻人。
现代社会的开放性和多样性使得年轻人不得不在西方文化的冲击中寻找自己的文化定位。
实际上，现在很多年轻人在很多生活方式上已经很难分清它是来自西方还是东方。
菲菲：Nowadays，when the media culture develops, young people get more opportunities to the way of exposure to foreign culture. According to the CHHIC，the total number of Chinese Internet users is 87million，and most of them are young people until June 30, 2004. Young people have to find their cultural orientation from the impact of western culture, as a result of the open and diversity of modern society. In fact，many young people have difficulties in distinguish whether it comes from the west or the east in many life style.In the era of highly developed media culture, young people have more contact than ever with foreign culture. According to CNNIC statistics, by June 30,2004, China had had 87 million Internet user, most of which are young people. Coupled with the openness and diversity of modern society, young Chinese people now have to seek their culture orientation within the ambit of Western culture. //in fact// actually, many aspects of the Western or Eastern lifestyle are so blended that many young people find it difficult to make those lifestyles distinguishable.Passage2世界贸易组织成立于1995年1月1日，目的是保证一个稳定的全球和贸易经济环境。
在当今世界上的190多个国家中，世界贸易组织的成员国（member country）有158个。
在处理国家之间的贸易规则方面，世界贸易组织是唯一的全球性国际组织。
世贸组织的事务应该引起我们的关注，因为世贸组织制定的规则对我们国家的经济和国民生活都有一定的影响。
The WTO(World Trade Organization ),established on January 1,1995, aims to ensure a stable trade and economic world environment. The WTO is an association of 158 member countries, of more than 190 countries in the world today. The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. The business of the WTO should be of interest to us because the rules that are being decided therein have an impact on our national economy, and people’s lives.Passage3奥运会是国际性的体育盛会(sporting events),体育项目种类繁多，分为冬夏两季，均是每4年举办一次。
最初有记载的奥运会于公元前776年在希腊的奥林匹亚(Olympia)举行。
奥运会是最大的媒体活动之一。
2000年悉尼奥运会上，有超过1.6万名播音员和新闻记者参与报道。
据估计，有38亿观众通过电视收看了此届盛会。
然而，奥运会的发展也是奥运会面临的一个大问题。
The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each heldevery four years. The original Olympic Games were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia ,Greece. The Olympics are one of the largest media events. In Sydney in 2000 there were more than 16,000 broadcasters and journalists, and an estimated 3.8 billion viewers watched the games on television. However, the development of the Olympics is one of the largest problems the Olympics face today.Passage4《三国演义》由罗贯中创作于14世纪，是一部中国历史题材小说。
小说以汉朝末年和三国时期的历史演变为背景，叙述了在这个动荡(turbulent)的时期发生的一系列重大事情。
整个故事情节从公元168年开始一直到公元280年领土统一(reunification)时结束。
小说篇幅长达80万字，分为120个章节，191个人物角色，堪称中国文学史上四大经典小说之一。
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by LuoGuanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel based upon event in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, starting in AD 168 and ending with the reunification of the land in AD 280. It is acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, with a grand total of 800,000 words, 191 characters, and 120 chapters.Passage 5In ancient China，ever since the matrilineal society was replaced by a patrilineal one，the social division of labor has been based on men ploughing and women weaving; the tradition of embroidering shoes has been passed down from one generation to another by Chinese women. Aesthetic conceptions，cultural traditions，ethics and morals，as well as the fashion of different dynasties, have allows'been well expressed by the needle and thread with which subtle and interestingchanges have been incorporated.在古代中国，自从母系氏社会被父系式社会所取代之后，社会劳动分工便建立在男耕女织的基础之上;而绣花鞋这一传统则由中国妇女一代代流传下来。
它通过针与线创造出了美学概念、文化传统、伦理与道德以及不同朝代的时尚，同时也加入了微妙、有趣的变化。
But when and where did embroidered shoes first appear? Works that have been passed down from ancient times fail to provide us with explicit evidence. The popular tale of the "Jin Shoes" may，however, give us some inspiration.但若要说起绣花鞋起源的时间和地点的话，古代流传下来的书籍并不能为我们提供明确的证据。
但是“晋鞋”这个广为流传的故事可能会给我们一定的启示。
In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods dating back more than 2 600 years，the capital of the State of Jin was located in Shanxi Province. In 606 BC when Jin Xiangong became the monarch，he set out to expand the territory，annexing l0 vassal states. To immortalize his cultural and military achievements in the minds of the masses, Jin ordered that the shoes belonging to all women in the palace shouldbear 10 fruit or flower patterns，including pomegranate blossoms，peach blossoms，grapes，etc. He also mandated that all civilian girls should wear the“10-fruit shoes" at their weddings so that the generations to follow would not forget his legacy. At that time，the female embroidered shoes bearing such patterns were called "Jin shoes".From then on，the art of embroidery extended from shoes to clothing and other daily utilities.在距今2 600多年前的春秋战国时代，晋国的首都位于山西省。